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Topic: What maximum speed can I expect from using a VPN? (Read 34032 times)

Now you may be wondering, how come I don't get my maximum advertised speed even on the well seeded ubuntu torrent?

This faq assumes that you have

a) A perfect line or close to perfect one (good SNR and attenuation)b) No routing issues with TMc) No other background programs that use the internet runningd) No seeder/peer ratio issuese) TCP optimization has been performed

Most ISPs use the PPPoE protocol. This protocol has some overhead which results in around 10-15% loss in effective throughput. This PPPoE overhead is ALWAYS there regardless of VPN or not. Even your HTTP downloads are still subject to this.

Furthermore, the use of a proxy/VPN results in some overhead as well. We estimate this to be in the 10% region.

Now the figures given below are more or less theoretical and is still subject to loss on your ISP's line and I have not even factored in BT overhead or upload saturation.

PatrinaY

i'm a new user of bolehvpn. and i've tried downloading with utorrent, max speed i can get is around 40-50 kBps/sec. but mine is a 1 Mbit line. according to the info given above, i'm supposed to get around 90 kBps/sec. i have used the tcp optimiser n also the patcher and still getting the same speed. is it my internet connection? or is the speed considered ok?when i download and surf(eg. facebook), the web takes longer to load, am i supposed to reconfigure the firefox settings? as i have read from the blog, i only need to change the config for privacy reasons etc.

PatrinaY

i still get a speed of around 40-50 kbps/sec for downloading. i have done almost everything, ping average is 487. did tcp optimiser and patcher. my router has network cables that connects to 2 computers in my house. and my laptop uses wireless connection.i'm at loss...